[Federal Register: November 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 224)]
[Notices]               
[Page 67940-67941]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American College of Osteopathic Emergency 
Physicians

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 17, 2004, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the American College of 
Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (``ACOEP'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of 
business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature 
and scope of its standards development activities. The notifications 
were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting 
the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances.
    Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: American 
College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, Chicago, IL. The nature 
and scope of ACOEP's standards development activities are: To develop, 
plan, establish, coordinate and publish voluntary consensus standards 
applicable to the fields of emergency medicine, emergency medical 
services, and toxicology. Specifically, ACOEP develops, plans, 
establishes, coordinates, and publishes voluntary consensus standards 
in the form of basic standards for residency training in

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emergency medicine, combined family practice/emergency medicine, and 
emergency medical services; and for subspecialty residency training in 
toxicology. ACOEP also evaluates osteopathic residency training and 
fellowship programs for conformance with the standards. Through its 
standards development activities, ACOEP seeks to ensure the highest 
quality of training and education in osteopathic emergency medicine. 
ACOEP's standards development activities are ongoing in nature, and 
existing standards may be updated and/or amended from time to time.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25840 Filed 11-19-04; 8:45 am]

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